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“No Smoking Hot Spot”

Wallaby — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:25:27 +0000

A former consultant for the Australian Greenhouse Office writes in The Australian about the lack of evidence pointing to

To the Atheist

Wallaby — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:17:28 +0000

This was gonna be the start of a big long rant in which I marvel at how intolerant progressives can be. I would’ve particularly focused on my amazement at the fact that so many atheists are aggressively intolerant of the sincere religious beliefs of others — for instance, “I watched my father-in-law die this weekend. [...]

Past or present?

Wallaby — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:33:02 +0000

One of the odder ideas associated with evolutionary theory is the notion that it should be used to direct and inform

Science? in Florida?

Wallaby — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:17:37 +0000

A while back Scripps decided to set up a branch in Florida. Specifically, in the county due south of where I grew up.

“On the side of science”?

Wallaby — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:11:46 +0000

Although the authors are both on the side of science, they have not always agreed about the best ways to oppose religiously motivated threats to scientific practice or instruction…. In a dialogue they re-create here, the authors explained their respective tactics for engaging the enemy Scientific American, June 19 2007 “The authors” are Richard Dawkins [...]

Raman wins!

Wallaby — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:49:53 +0000

Or rather, a high school student won the Intel Science Talent Search by building a Raman spectroscope at home for about

On the road

Wallaby — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:36:24 +0000

Goin’ out of town this week, so no “science post” this week. (I’m trying to do at least one

Chemistry is too dangerous!

Wallaby — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 21:53:55 +0000

So apparently, it’s getting rarer and rarer for kids to have chemistry sets at home, because safety concerns mean

Natural history

Wallaby — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:00:58 +0000

This grew out of a discussion at The Art of Teaching Science. My reply was getting to be rather long so I moved it here

Does it happen? Can we see it?

Wallaby — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:19:15 +0000

The basic problem in any experiment is choosing what to measure and how to measure it. Trying to determine the melting

sellout

Wallaby — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:46:56 +0000

Some nice undergrad from my alma mater called me up this week for an alumni fund-raising drive. Uh-oh. Well, I’d

Whew!

Wallaby — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:54:00 +0000

Busy week… it’s now about four and a half months (and counting) until I defend, and I’ve finally gotten